All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 93
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NewsBoaden: integrity crucial to regain trust
BBC News director Helen Boaden has claimed “good old-fashioned integrity” will be the key to the corporation reviving viewers' “battered” trust in the BBC in 2008.
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NewsPSB review to kick start Ofcom's year
Ofcom will kick off a busy 2008 with phase one of its crucial public service broadcasting (PSB) review, before publishing its findings on participation TV and competition in the pay TV market.
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Discovery to join Sky's Picnic
Sky has signed Discovery Networks UK as a programming partner for its proposed pay DTT service, Picnic.
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NewsBroadcast parent sold to Apax/GMG
Emap Communications, the company that publishes Broadcast, is to be bought by venture capitalist Apax Partners and Guardian Media Group for£1.2bn.
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NewsSky boosts Anytime service
Sky has added movies from Paramount and Warner Bros to its on demand Anytime on PC service, making it the first online download service to offer films from all six major US studios.
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NewsITV stake in SMG is slashed
ITV’s refusal to take up its option on SMG’s recent rights issue has cut its shareholding in the Scottish broadcaster from 16.7% to 5.57%.
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NewsEckoh to fight C4 case
You Say, We Pay phone line operator Eckoh has come out fighting after Channel 4 announced plans to take legal action against it.
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NewsC4 launches legal action against Eckoh
Channel 4 is taking legal action against Eckoh to recover the costs it has incurred as a result of the mismanagement of the You Say We Pay competition.
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NewsC4 fined£1.5m for phone-in mistakes
Channel 4 has been slapped with a£1.5 million fine by Ofcom for misconduct in viewer competitions aired in Richard and Judy and Deal or no Deal.
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NewsCompetition Commission says Sky should cut ITV stake
The Competition Commission has recommended BSkyB reduce its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV to below 7.5%.
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NewsLeon won 'fair and square' says ITV
ITV has taken the unusual step of revealing that Leon Jackson won The X Factor by 10% in a bid to crush rumours that the result was affected by problems with phone voting.
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NewsITV: Leon won 'fair and square'
ITV has taken the unusual step of revealing that Leon Jackson won The X Factor by 10%, in a bid to crush rumours that the result had been affected by callers being unable to vote.
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NewsOfcom reveals pay TV views
Ofcom’s initial assessment of the pay TV market has revealed mixed messages for BSkyB.
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NewsITV stands by X Factor voting
ITV and Talkback Thames have continued to robustly defend the integrity of the voting on The X Factor final after complaints leapt to 700.
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NewsTory's plan to share licence fee
The Conservative Party is understood to be considering plans to allocate funding from the BBC licence fee to other broadcasters.
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NewsCasualty too gory says Ofcom
BBC1’s Casualty has been censured by Ofcom for showing images of a bomb victim's stomach ripped open before the 9pm watershed.
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NewsBBC2 to air Hatton repeat
BBC2 has cleared space in this Sunday’s schedule (16 December) to screen boxer Ricky Hatton’s failed attempt to become WBC welterweight world champion.
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NewsBBC revamps web homepage
The BBC is overhauling the homepage of its website to allow users to customise the design and content of the site.
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NewsITV finishes year strongly
ITV has claimed it is finishing 2007 strongly and that late money entering the market in December is boosting its estimates for the month.
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NewsTalent TV chair Bate lands deal-maker role
Former TV Corporation chief executive Terry Bate will be handed a deal-making role at listed indie Talent TV, where he has been appointed chairman.